ACA, rural electrification initiative worth comparing

1:02 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Written by

Rev. Dr. Rufus H. Stark, Hayesville

Recently, I attended the annual meeting of the Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation. It was the 75th anniversary of the forming of the Rural Electrification Act in 1938 by the U.S. Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The meeting was a celebration of the amazing success of that program in bringing electricity to rural areas throughout the United States, and especially in our area.I got to thinking how fortunate we are to be American citizens where "we the people" can work together with our president and Congress to formulate programs that benefit all the people. REA ...